Seasonal trends in the stable isotopic composition of snow and meltwater runoff in a subarctic catchment at Okstindan, Norway

Nordic Hydrology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-137

  Gurney, S D ^a   Lawrence, D S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaporative losses; Late lying snow; Snow metamorphism; Water isotopes

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEUTERIUM; EVAPORATION; GLACIERS; ISOTOPES; MELTING; RUNOFF; SNOW; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER;

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METEORIC WATER; SNOWPACK;

HYDROLOGY;

DEUTERIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MELTWATER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOWMELT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 1842853959     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2004.0009     Document Type: Article

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